Reel for coiling wire rods



0.11. MORGAN. ReelTfor Coiling Wire-Rods.

Patented Feb, 24, 1880.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. MORGAN, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

REEL FOR COILING WIRE RODS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,941, dated February24, 1880.

Application filed February 20, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAS. MORGAN, of the city and county of Worcester,and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Reels for Automatically Coiling Wire Rods; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1represents a top or plan view of a reeling-machine embracing my saidimprovements, as will be hereinafter more fully explained and Fig. 2represents a side view of the parts shown in Fig. 1, looking in thedirection indicated by arrow 1 of the same figure.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to makeand use the same, I- will proceed to describe it more in demin Inthedrawings, A represents the foundation or bed of the machine, upon whichis arranged and secured the reel-supporting frame B. Upon flooring G,which, in this instance, is supported by standards D, are arranged andsecured housings E E of finishing-rolls F F, which rolls are arranged toturn in suitable bearings formed in said housings.

The reel G is secured upon the upper end of a vertical shaft, H, whichis fitted to turn in bearings formed in frame B, and provided with africtionwheel or pulley, I, secured upon its lower end, by which it,together with its reel G, is driven from a friction-pulley, J, on shaftK, which is driven by a pulley, L.

Reel Gr is provided witha double set of arms, a a, instead of one, as inordinary reels now in use. The arms a, forming the outer row, may besecured in the reel upon an incline from the center, while the arms a,forming the inner row, may be inclined toward the center of the reel,thereby enabling the finished coils to be more easily removed than ifthe arms were secured vertically in said reel.

As the wire rod 0 passes forward from between the last set orfinishingrolls F F of a continuous or other rod-rolling mill, it first.

secured to housings E E; thence into and through the hinged pipe 0, andis delivered upon the rapidly-revolving reel G about midway between thearms 0b a of the same, as represented in the drawings. Said drawingsrepresent the rod 0 as just passing out of the end of jointed guide-pipeO.

Guide-pipe O is jointed at the point 0, for the purpose of allowing itto be swung over, as represented by dotted lines, Fig. 2, to remove thefinished coils, as hereinafter more fully explained.

The velocity of reel G may be varied to a greater or less speed bysimply changing friction driving-pulley J upon shaft K, so as to bringit nearer to or farther from the axis of said reel.

A rod having been coiled upon reel G between the arms a a, the reel isstopped by the operator pressing upon the upper end or handle, Q, of avertical rod, Q, the lower end of which is secured to the outer end, B,of a horizontaLlever, R, thereby depressing said outer end, B, andraising its inner end, R which presses against the lower end of thereel-shaft, which operation raises friction-pulley 1 off of thefriction-pulley J. At the same time that pulley I is raised oif ofpulley J another beveled friction-pulley, S, also secured upon shaft H,is forced up so as to bring the beveled side at against the underbeveled side, 6, of the circular part '1, formed or secured uponframework B, and thereelis thereby quickly stopped.

The operator can now, by means of suitable mechanism arranged for thatpurpose, lift the coil from the reel, when the operation of coilarrangedso that they can be alternately brought into position for receiving andcoiling the rods; or the guiding tube or pipe may be arranged so that itcan be moved to deliver the finished rods to either of the reels, asooeasion may require.

The friction Wheels, disk, and lever for operating and stopping the reelform the subject-matter of a claim in an application previously filed bymeviz., on January 22, 1879.

Having described my improvements in reels for automatically coiling wirerods, what I claim therein as new and of my invention, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A reel for coiling iron and steel wire rods as they are delivered fromthe finishingrrolls of a rolling-mill, consisting of two sets of arms, aa, secured to a rotating base and arranged in relation to each othersubstantially as and for the purposes Set forth.

CHAS. H. MORGAN.

Witnesses:

THos. H. DODGE, EDWIN E. MOORE.

